Navy officials have urged the service's contractors and shipbuilders to improve their fire safety standards after a series of ship fires that curtailed work. A fire recently razed the Bonhomme Richard amphibious assault ship and razed 11 of its 14 decks. Letters to the Navy's top leaders revealed that the fire caused "extensive damage" to […]
The Department of Defense considers hypersonics and counter-hypersonics among its top technical modernization priorities, according to Ellen Lord, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment. "We are continuing on an accelerated path to develop and field land-, sea- and air-launched hypersonic weapons, as well as developing options for defense against adversary hypersonic missile capabilities […]
Unanet, a computer software company, has released several new solutions designed to help government contractors make the most out of their data and improve their operational efficiency. CEO Craig Halliday, a Potomac Officers Club member, said the new solutions will help customers challenged by increasing competition, compliance and audit issues and cybersecurity, among others, Unanet […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has partnered with the University of California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography to improve its research, assessment and acquisition of unmanned maritime systems. “Innovative use of unmanned systems will benefit many NOAA programs, augmenting data collection often at lower cost, increased safety and reduced risk — especially in remote or […]
NASA has awarded five aerospace companies contracts under the $6B Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV contract vehicle for spacecraft systems and related services. Through the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts, the government may order spacecraft and related services by placing firm-fixed-price delivery orders. The contracts may support NASA centers and other federal agencies, the agency said. The selected companies are space […]
The Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity arm has confirmed that malicious actors had been exploiting a critical vulnerability in software used by the government and the private sector. DHS' Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency said F5 Networks, the software's developer, released a patch for the weakness on June 30, CyberScoop reported. "Unpatched F5 BIG-IP devices are […]
The Department of Defense is aggressively pursuing the development of hypersonic weapons capability in the face of strong competition from Russia and China, according to a weapons official from the agency. Mike White, assistant director for hypersonics at the Pentagon, said the department is taking an accelerated four-phase approach for the technology's development, DOD said […]
The Army has awarded BAE Systems its first task order under the $823M Distributed Common Ground System Capability Drop 2 program, the service's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability. BAE will provide the Intelligence Knowledge Environment, a software framework of modular data and artificial intelligence analytic capabilities built to autonomously transform information into knowledge, the company […]
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that its technical solutions division has completed an equity investment in Sea Machines Robotics, a Boston-based technology company that develops software for unmanned surface vessels. Andy Green, president of HII's technical solutions division and a Potomac Officers Club member, said the investment represents the company's drive for innovation and competencies across […]
Perspecta has been awarded a five-year, follow-on contract to continue work on the Army's Total Ammunition Management Information System. The $34M contract includes a one-year base period and four one-year option periods. The company will provide ongoing security, maintenance and management support of the real-time, web-based enterprise system on the Amazon Web Services GovCloud, Perspecta […]
